Russians nervous ahead of sports court ruling
The Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland will rule Thursday on an appeal filed by Russia’s Olympic track and field team of 68 athletes against a ban imposed by the sport’s world governing body, the IAAF, following allegations of state-sponsored doping and cover-ups.
Thursday’s ruling is likely to weigh heavily on whether the International Olympic Committee could exclude the entire Russian team — across all sports, not merely track — following new allegations of a vast state-sponsored doping program that covered many Olympic sports.
Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren, who was commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, issued a report Monday that accused Russia’s sports ministry of orchestrating a vast doping program that affected 28 summer and winter Olympic sports.
Russia’s top Olympic official expects a final decision by Sunday on whether the entire Russian team will be banned from next month’s Games in Rio de Janeiro.
USA Basketball announced a partnership with the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) on Wednesday, two days before its men’s team begins its pre-Olympic schedule with a game in Las Vegas against Argentina.
Besides tickets to the events, USA Basketball will have more than 75 surviving military children serve as ball kids and stand with players during national-anthem performances.
Thursday’s ruling is likely to weigh heavily on whether the International Olympic Committee could exclude the entire Russian team — across all sports, not merely track — following new allegations of a vast state-sponsored doping program that covered many Olympic sports.
Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren, who was commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, issued a report Monday that accused Russia’s sports ministry of orchestrating a vast doping program that affected 28 summer and winter Olympic sports.
Russia’s top Olympic official expects a final decision by Sunday on whether the entire Russian team will be banned from next month’s Games in Rio de Janeiro.
USA Basketball announced a partnership with the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) on Wednesday, two days before its men’s team begins its pre-Olympic schedule with a game in Las Vegas against Argentina.
Besides tickets to the events, USA Basketball will have more than 75 surviving military children serve as ball kids and stand with players during national-anthem performances.